Committee Print No. n. Contains the Federal Rules of Evidence, as amended to December 1, 2011. The rules were enacted by Public Law 93-595, approved January 2, 1975, and have been amended by Acts of Congress, and further amended by the United States Supreme Court. 112th Congress, 1st Session.

The Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) is a code of evidence law governing the admission of facts by which parties in the United States federal court system may prove their cases, both civil and criminal. The Rules were enacted in 1975, with subsequent amendments.

The Rules were the product of protracted academic, legislative, and judicial examination before being formally promulgated in 1975. U.S. states are free to adopt or maintain evidence rules different from the Federal Rules, but a substantial majority of states have adopted codes in whole or part based on the FRE.

ITEM AVAILABLE DATE: 6/28/12.

Related Products: the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP).

Audience

Attorneys, law students and law librarians, members of federal and state government and policymakers should all have access to the Federal Rules of Evidence. In addition, members of the general public with an interest in the Federal Rules of Evidence may want this publication.